“They are effective. It’s a different element for the younger guys. Older guys, we kind of see it every year, so the younger guys, give them something different.”

Asked where he thinks his 9-5-1 team is in terms of chemistry and locker-room environment, Sherman said: “Same place we always are. Ready for the next game and to put on another show.”

Historically, the effects of these “Kumbaya” meetings, as Sherman described them, have been that the Seahawks then take off late in the season.

Seattle won six in a row into the playoffs after that 2012 meeting. They won the Super Bowl the next season after that season’s team meeting. In 2014, after the Harvin trade in October to the New York Jets, the Seahawks won 11 of the next 12 games to reach Super Bowl 49 against New England.

So Sherman was asked Wednesday if he is concerned that this time, after this latest team meeting, the immediate result was the 34-31 loss to the already-eliminated Cardinals on Christmas Eve. That defeat could cost Seattle a bye through next week’s first round of the NFC playoffs.

“No, not concerned, at all,” Sherman said. “We are in the playoffs (for the fifth consecutive season). We’ve got a chance to do everything we want to do. So I think we’ll be fine.”

With that, Sherman ran out to practice so he wouldn’t be late — and give the Seahawks another reason to punish him.